I'm a supervisor in a union environment, and I completely agree. We have our own problems within the trade, but overall, employees are treated better, treat each other better, are more productive, and make more money (which is probably related in some mysterious way to their attitude and productivity).
Of course, things are probably a lot different here in my construction world than in, say an IT or marketing department. Honestly, the success of the company I work for is more than likely due to the comeraderie amongst the employees throughout the organization than anything else. The owner, engineers, and project managers are on a first name basis with most workers and direct supervisors, and could probably tell you the name of their spouses, or what their hobbies are. So maybe being a good work environment comes from erasing the lines between supervision and work force.
On top of putting in 60+ hours a week, I try to fit in 4 or 5 hours of WoW. The problem I've noticed, though, is I grind all day at work (estimate this, meet this deadline, get this much money, get promoted), then go home and grind in the WoW (sell in the AH, complete this quest, get this much gold, gain a level). I wish someone would use all this MMOG press hype to find out how to make me like work more.
Maybe they could call me an Undead Mage instead of an Idustrial Planner.
And I could wear a mohawk.
The indie kids will have to do the internet equivalent of buying musty lp's in an underground vinyl shop: troll websites and order cd's with a credit card.
I love it when the media's snowballing of an asinine non-point turns into greedy idiots. Everyone involved in the suit should be made to give their Wiis up.
If you follow the links deep enough, you'll find a B2 Bomber covered in a similar cloud. It looks like the government is taking camo advice from whoever thought up Lakitu from Mario Brothers.
My devoted girlfriend spent 16 hours in line in front of Target to get a Wii. Even though she's not really interested in or knowledgeable about games, she says she had a great time, even with temps dropping into the low 30's. According to her accounts, everyone was sharing food and drink, playing board games, talking about other non-Nintedo passions, and there was even some passing around of bottles and flasks for older line-bound customers.
I think it's great that the Wii promises a unique social experience with their system, and somehow end up with Wii Communes (as my girlfiend called the lines) that offered the same ethos. I guess this is the sort of good stuff that can happen when you keep greed out of gaming: it stays fun.
In the refinery I'm in, about 70% of oil is made into gasoline. Even if we completely stopped using petroleum products to fuel our automobiles and heat our homes, we could still have these glorious products-of-the-future-today and have lower bills and cleaner, greener consciences.
Have our nuclear cake and eat it too, so to speak.
Dude, do you mean the Super Speak and Spell? I had one of those, AND a blue math one. I was the coolest kid on the playground until the other kids realized learning wasn't fun.
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I'm a supervisor in a union environment, and I completely agree. We have our own problems within the trade, but overall, employees are treated better, treat each other better, are more productive, and make more money (which is probably related in some mysterious way to their attitude and productivity).
Of course, things are probably a lot different here in my construction world than in, say an IT or marketing department. Honestly, the success of the company I work for is more than likely due to the comeraderie amongst the employees throughout the organization than anything else. The owner, engineers, and project managers are on a first name basis with most workers and direct supervisors, and could probably tell you the name of their spouses, or what their hobbies are. So maybe being a good work environment comes from erasing the lines between supervision and work force.
Sensitivity training, here we come!
On top of putting in 60+ hours a week, I try to fit in 4 or 5 hours of WoW. The problem I've noticed, though, is I grind all day at work (estimate this, meet this deadline, get this much money, get promoted), then go home and grind in the WoW (sell in the AH, complete this quest, get this much gold, gain a level). I wish someone would use all this MMOG press hype to find out how to make me like work more. Maybe they could call me an Undead Mage instead of an Idustrial Planner. And I could wear a mohawk.
The indie kids will have to do the internet equivalent of buying musty lp's in an underground vinyl shop: troll websites and order cd's with a credit card.
Someone should tell Sony that thier controllers are also moving through time. Maybe they'll release a clock upgrade to make it an EightAxis.
I love it when the media's snowballing of an asinine non-point turns into greedy idiots. Everyone involved in the suit should be made to give their Wiis up.
If supplies are going to be so limited, I guess I'd better get my whompin' stick and head on down to the forming lines...
If you follow the links deep enough, you'll find a B2 Bomber covered in a similar cloud. It looks like the government is taking camo advice from whoever thought up Lakitu from Mario Brothers.
My devoted girlfriend spent 16 hours in line in front of Target to get a Wii. Even though she's not really interested in or knowledgeable about games, she says she had a great time, even with temps dropping into the low 30's. According to her accounts, everyone was sharing food and drink, playing board games, talking about other non-Nintedo passions, and there was even some passing around of bottles and flasks for older line-bound customers.
I think it's great that the Wii promises a unique social experience with their system, and somehow end up with Wii Communes (as my girlfiend called the lines) that offered the same ethos. I guess this is the sort of good stuff that can happen when you keep greed out of gaming: it stays fun.
In the refinery I'm in, about 70% of oil is made into gasoline. Even if we completely stopped using petroleum products to fuel our automobiles and heat our homes, we could still have these glorious products-of-the-future-today and have lower bills and cleaner, greener consciences. Have our nuclear cake and eat it too, so to speak.
I remember having a blast playing Uniracers with my little brother on the SNES.
But for all out, beer fueled, geeky faux machismo, nothing promotes high fives and trash talk better than Halo 2.
Or they could cut out the middle men and just sell over ebay for $1200 a pop.
You can still use the Zune! You'll never want for DRM restrictions again!
Dude, do you mean the Super Speak and Spell? I had one of those, AND a blue math one. I was the coolest kid on the playground until the other kids realized learning wasn't fun.
Don't those already exist? And either way, this seems to refer to a console controller, which is a far more inane idea.
Yeah, but who'd keep the stats?